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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article discusses a 2025 update from the EAT-Lancet Commission, reporting that adopting a more plant-based, flexitarian diet could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths per year worldwide. The diet emphasizes whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts, with limited animal products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article to know why the report also highlights that nearly half of the global population currently cannot afford a healthy diet so structural changes are needed to make this more accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/planetary-health-diet-eat-lancet-report-2025-11826819?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does “premature death”<\/strong> mean? “The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission reports that adopting a more flexitarian diet could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths<\/strong> annually and save trillions in healthcare expenses.”<\/em> Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does “a sweeping study” <\/strong>mean? “In early October,\u00a0The Lancet<\/em>\u00a0published the updated EAT-Lancet Commission, a report that builds on the highly popular 2019 EAT\u2013Lancet Commission, a sweeping study<\/strong> that brought together scientists, nutrition experts, and environmental researchers from more than 30 countries in what\u00a0they describe\u00a0as the “most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date.”\u00a0\u201d <\/em>Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does “prescriptive diet”<\/strong> mean? “And it’s really a diet that any culture, anywhere, can adapt to their tastes and local flavors. The Planetary Health Diet isn’t a restrictive or prescriptive diet<\/strong><\/em>.“<\/em> Use it in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What do you think about the idea of a mostly plant-based diet to improve global health?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Would you be willing to eat less meat if it meant living a longer and healthier life?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What plant-based foods do you enjoy the most?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Do you think this kind of diet is affordable and realistic in your country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. How can governments or communities make healthy diets easier for people to follow?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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